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The Ministry of State Administration and Reform has recently implemented an initiative entitled ‘Comprehensible Bulgarian’, along with a new law on the official standardised transliteration of Bulgarian into Latin letters (http://transliteration.mdaar.government.bg/alphabet.php). This is summarised in Appendix 2, which also includes a short Bulgarian–English glossary.

Money

The local currency used in Bulgaria is the lev (plural leva). At the time of writing this is fixed to the euro at a rate of 1 euro to 1.95583 leva. All major currencies can be exchanged in Bulgaria, but Euros are easiest. Be aware that travellers’ cheques are of little use, since they can only be exchanged in Sofia.

Most banks now have ATM machines, and these are also found at Sofia Airport. However, if you are arriving at Sofia Airport and plan on changing cash, then you should be aware that the banks located within the airport arrivals hall are usually closed at weekends, so make sure you obtain Bulgarian currency either in your home country or before going through customs into the arrivals hall.